Most every font I’ve released is a pixel-interpretation of another style of font or handwriting, but pixel fonts themselves have a distinct “style” all their own! I last created a super-“traditional” pixelfont in 2008 with mousetrap (updated 2018) but that doesn’t mean there’s no room for me to revisit the concept! Five By Five is designed to …
The other day I was thinking to myself, it’s been a long time since I’d been to a diner. A real classic american diner–there was one my parents and I would go to that I think even had “America” (or Americana, or something along those lines) in its name. The inside had lots of bright …
This past July I went to visit my parents for my birthday. That house still contains a lot of my belongings–mainly my extensive manga library and figurine collection, but also all my old notebooks, sketchbooks, paintings, drawings, prints, art supplies, etc. It’s a good thing I’m a 100% digital artist now, since there’s no way …
My third medieval script/blackletter inspired font, and this time we’re tackling a different country and different era. Scriptorium is based on uncial and half-uncial scripts, in particular the style of uncial/insular script used in Ireland around 400 AD-700 AD. Most people will probably recognize this style of script from famous Irish illuminated manuscript, the Book …
One day while I was in 3rd grade or so I forgot my snack at home. Left without something to eat at snacktime, my teacher kindly offered me a large tupperware full of grapes. At the end of snacktime (about 20 minutes?) I’d eaten the whole thing. Like… a pound of grapes. Needless to say, …
I briefly mentioned how interesting I find blackletter in the release post for Alkhemikal, but one thing I didn’t really mention was that there are so many different types of blackletter out there, with styles not only evolving over time, but unique to different countries, like Germany’s Fraktur or Italy’s Rotunda. And of course on top …